Outwood Academy Acklam

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 3 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Middlesbrough
Unique reference
139823
Address
Hall Drive, Acklam, TS5 7JY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1149 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
32.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
48%
Persistent absence
33.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.5%
Pakistani 17.3%
Other 8.4%
Mixed 8.3%
Other White 4.9%
African 3.7%
Unclassified 2%
Other Asian 1.5%
Indian 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.47
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 34%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.2
Local authority average 40.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.34
Local authority average 3.41
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award76
ArabicGCSE6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE203
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Outwood Academy Acklam

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
204
3rd preference
227
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
139
2nd preference
63
3rd preference
26
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
264
147
117
Year 8
237
117
120
Year 9
234
114
120
Year 10
204
107
97
Year 11
210
110
100
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
80.5%
85.6%
Further education
66.0%
55.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
1.0%
16.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
15.0%
8.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
10.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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